In vivo MRI of cancer cell fate at the single-cell level in a mouse model of breast cancer metastasis to the brain

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1001-1010

  Heyn, Chris ^a,b   Ronald, John A ^a,c   Ramadan, Soha S ^a,c   Snir, Jonatan A ^a   Barry, Andrea M ^a   MacKenzie, Lisa T ^c,d   Mikulis, David J ^b,e   Palmieri, Diane ^f   Bronder, Julie L ^f   Steeg, Patricia S ^f   Yoneda, Toshiyuki ^g   MacDonald, Ian C ^c   Chambers, Ann F ^c,d   Rutt, Brian K ^a,c   Foster, Paula J ^a,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cell tracking; Cellular MRI; Iron oxide; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER CELLS; CANCER; CELL TRACKING; CELLULAR MRIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; METASTASIS; METASTATIC GROWTH; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL;

CELLS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER MODEL; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 33750624652     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21029     Document Type: Article

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